Question

Read the following passage carefully.
We sat in silence in the dark of the night as the large head appearedfrom the large foliage. The female was young, healthy and alert. Seconds later, she walked condently to the edge of a waterholefollowed by not one, not two, but three beautiful young cubs. Like works of art on display, all four tigers bent low at the waterholethat had been created for them and for the myriad creatures that shared their troubled kingdom. The Goshri tigers had come visiting and we watched them with rapt attention on our closed − circuit TV screens, in the conservation retreat of Harsh and PoonamDhanwatey, a husband and wife team whose life had been dedicated tothe protection of tigers in and around Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. Their son Nikhil carefully positionedthe cameras and cabled them 40 meter from their conservation retreat,near the waterhole that had turned into a magnet for every conceivable animal found in the Tiger Reserve itself. We were makingpreparations to set up one of the first Community Conservation Reserves in Central India. Originally into business, the Dhanwateyschanged tracks midstream by shutting down a thriving interior designbusiness in response to just one meeting they had with Dr. UllasKaranth and Valmik Thapar, two of India’s nest tiger people,in Nagpur. In their own words: “From admirers of wildlife webecame passionate defenders and we launched our non-governmentalorganisation called Tiger Research and Conservation Trust (TRACT).” The Dhanwateys lived for years in a small hut that was their eldcamp near the famous Tadoba Lake and they discovered the secrets ofthe forest in the best way possible, by walking its trails, andgenerally learning all they could about the magical mix of life that comprised this tropical, dry deciduous forest.
Based on your reading of the passage, choose the right answer fromthe given options to complete the following sentences.
(a) Before taking up the cause of tigers the Dhanwateys were……….
(i) working in a non-governmental organisation
(ii) in the textile business
(iii) working with Dr. Karanth
(iv) managing an interior design business
(b) The waterhole is referred to as a magnet because ……...
(i) a magnet was placed there
(ii) all the animals were attracted to it
(iii) cameras had magnets
(iv) water was not available
(c) The narrator had gone to the Tiger Reserve to ………...
(i) kill tigers
(ii) set up a Tiger Reserve
(iii) set up the first Community Conservation Reserve
(iv) employ Nikhil in the Tiger Reserve
(d) The meeting with Dr. Ullas Karanth and Valmik Thapar changed thelives of …… .
(i) Nikhil
(ii) the Dhanwateys
(iii) the narrator
(iv) TRACT
(e) The activities in which the champions of TRACT are not involvedare ……… .
(i) killing of tigers in that area
(ii) discovering the secrets of the forests
(iii) Walking the trails of tigers
(iv) living in the deciduous forests

Answer 1

Tigers are animals that belong to the cat family